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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/iran-seeking-uranium-in-zimbabwe.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Iran is expanding its search for uranium to Zimbabwe, says report" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-iran-seeking-uranium-in-zimbabwe.jpg" alt="Iran is expanding its search for uranium to Zimbabwe, says report"/></a></p>
<p>Iran is expanding its covert global search for the uranium it needs for its nuclear activities and a key focus is Zimbabwe, according to a new intelligence report.</p>
<p>The finding is in line with international assessments that Iran does not have the domestic supplies to sustain its nuclear programme that could be turned toward making weapons.</p>
<p>An intelligence report from a member country of the International Atomic Energy Agency says Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi met secretly last month with senior Zimbabwean mining officials &#8220;to resume negotiations &#8230; for the benefit of Iran&#8217;s uranium procurement plan&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;This follows work carried out by Iranian engineers to map out uranium deposits in Africa and assess the amount of uranium they contain,&#8221; said the two-page intelligence summary.</p>
<p>The report &#8211; confirmed independently by an official from another IAEA country &#8211; was shared as an Iranian delegation led by the head of the Co-operative Ministry Abbas Johari was meeting with &#8220;agriculture and mining interests&#8221; in the Zimbabwean capital Harare.</p>
<p>The official confirming the intelligence described the Salehi visit as part of an international Iranian effort that stretches across Africa, Asia and South America and may involve more than a dozen countries.</p>
<p>Both officials &#8211; whose countries closely follow Iran&#8217;s nuclear programme &#8211; asked for anonymity in exchange for discussing intelligence matters.</p>
<p>The assessments are important because they call into question recent Iranian assertions meant to dispel doubts about the country&#8217;s capability to sustain and expand its uranium enrichment programme.</p>
<p>Iran says it is enriching solely to power a future network of nuclear reactors.</p>
<p>But it has been targeted by UN sanctions because enrichment can also create fissile warhead material &#8211; and because of its nuclear secrecy and refusal to co-operate with IAEA probes into its activities.</p>
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